GI Flashcards
GORD
heartburn aggravated by spicy food, hot drinks, lying stooping and bending
received by antacids
can have dysphagia and odynophagia
what aggravates GORD
spicy food
hot drinks
lying, stooping, bending
what helps GORD
antacids
peptic ulcer
epigastric pain relieved by food and antacids
exacerbated by fatty food
flatulence, bloating, distension
can be nausea and vomiting and haematemesis
what relieves peptic ulcers
food
antacids
what exacerbates peptic ulcers
fatty food
Ulcerative colitis
blood diarrhoea
tenesmus or urgency
LIF pain
WL
pale if anaemic
fever
usually presents under 30
Crohn’s
non-bloody diarrhoea
crampy abdo pain
WL
Pale if anaemic
usually diagnosed under 30
which type of IBD is gallstones more common in
crohn’s
IBS
abdo pain and bloating relieved on defacation
manning’s criteria:
- change in appearance/ frequency OR abdo pain relieved on defacation
- plus bloating/ worse on eating
- for 7 days in 3 months
Chronic pancreatitis
epigastric pain worse after eating fatty food
relieved by sitting forward
consider malabsorption or diabetes
what makes chronic pancreatitis worse
fatty food
what makes chronic pancreatitis better
sitting forward
Which hernia is reducible/ non-reducible
femoral is usually not reducible
inguinal is usually reducible
